Has Rohit Sharma cost us this game?

[sandeep]

14 minutes ago, jusarrived said:

India wins or loses here is not important . He's at fault irrespective of the result 

+++1.   Incompetence of greenbro batting shouldn't be used to hide Rohit's poor batting today.   I still think he's our best ODI opener, but he really needs to address this issue with his batting.  

[HippoSucks]

A strike rate of 76 is good for an opener. Even Kohli was struggling in the middle overs.

[Laaloo]

3 minutes ago, HippoSucks said:

A strike rate of 76 is good for an opener. Even Kohli was struggling in the middle overs.

Gotta score faster if you play that many balls..

[Lord]

9 minutes ago, HippoSucks said:

A strike rate of 76 is good for an opener. Even Kohli was struggling in the middle overs.

Serious?

 

[maniac]

I will put my hand and say wasn't an outstanding innings but not a poor innings as every one is making it out to be. In the context of the game was a decent knock.

 

Interruptions didn't help.Rohit is a rhythm player and 2 times his rhythm was impacted. When he got the flow back he was runout.

 

People crapping on this innings. Had we given the option where India would be before or during Rohit's innings,we would take it in a heartbeat

[express bowling]

Rohit should have scored 12 to 15 runs more, at the very least.

 

SR of 76 is not acceptable after playing 119 balls on such a flat deck.

 

I am not comfortable with this " I will accelerate only after I get my 100 " approach.

Edited June 4, 2017 by express bowling

[Texan]

40 minutes ago, HippoSucks said:

A strike rate of 76 is good for an opener. Even Kohli was struggling in the middle overs.

Would be true in the 1990s. No more. 300 these days is more of a par total. On small grounds and flat decks, it is actually a little below par. 

 

Moreover we only got 300+ thanks to some superb hitting by Yuvraj, Hardik and later Kohli. They showed how flat the deck really was. Rohit is still likely our best ODI opener but the way he was struggling in the IPL shows he is terribly out of touch. And his knock today was a continuation of the struggle. 

[maniac]

Now putting into context,how important was his knock,sticking through overcast conditions and rain breaks

[vvvslaxman]

4 minutes ago, maniac said:

Now putting into context,how important was his knock,sticking through overcast conditions and rain breaks

I am with you man on that although not overly happy about his around 28 to 33rd over. He was blocking the balls.

[kubrickian]

I said in the match thread that pitch is not exactly a belter. Its sort of a sticky surface where the ball was not coming on to the bat and its not easy to time the ball. Even Kohli found timing the ball difficult. Yuvraj is different because he is more of a power hitter and can bludgeon the ball despite the slow pace.  Also the constant interruptions didnt help. 319 on that surface was a great effort and Rohit deserves credit for his contribution.

[King Tendulkar]

If rohit sharma was a pak . Would be an atg , skipper and future prime minister 

[velu]

3 hours ago, Pollack said:

Rohit's approach may not work against better bowling attacks.

sums up the state of current padosi bowling attack :P

 

[Number]

To be fair to him it was tough to get going with all those interruptions.

His innings was solid barring first over and he did well to see off Aamir spell with the new ball.

[jusarrived]

3 hours ago, King Tendulkar said:

If rohit sharma was a pak . Would be an atg , skipper and future prime minister 

Him and Azhar Ali would make a good opening pair . 

I bet Rohit would still be playing the supporting role to Azhar . 

[veer]

Lol.. Rohit just won ipl season... And we r blaming him for being slow... It's just a team strategy folks... 

[Cricketics]

One other hand, great batting by Dhawan which not many talked about. Brilliant start given at a good strike rate.

 

Rohit and Dhawan starting to look good together.

[Deleted_User_1]

150 would have been enough Pokestan

[Temujin Khaghan]

1 hour ago, Cricketics said:

One other hand, great batting by Dhawan which not many talked about. Brilliant start given at a good strike rate.

 

Rohit and Dhawan starting to look good together.

He completely escaped amir's spell. He faced a spinner first up and that helped him settle down. Sparkling innings nonetheless.

[Temujin Khaghan]

Before the match started I was hoping for a 20(30) kind of innings from both openers because amir with the new ball was the sole danger in their entire team. I was confident kohli and dhoni would see off the middle overs and Uv, kedar and Hardik would take care of the final slog. More than happy with the way things went. Rohit could have slowed down before the second rain break as the drizzle was heavy and he did not want to get out. 

[vvvslaxman]

Gavaskar must be so sad. Guess why :)